Army of Republika Srpska

The Army of Republika Srpska (VRS) was the military of Republika Srpska during the Bosnian War of 1992-95. The VRS was founded on 12 May 1992 from the remnants of the Yugoslav People's Army of the former SFR Yugoslavia, from which Bosnia and Herzegovina had seceded that same year. When the Bosnian War erupted, the JNA formally discharged 80,000 Bosnian Serb troops. These troops, who were allowed to keep their heavy weapons, formed the backbone of the newly formed Army of the Republika Srpska. In 2006, the VRS merged into the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (ARBiH), having been allowed to exist as the Republika Srpska's subnational military for eleven years.